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Toperzer, Mickey

June 2, 2020 By Michael Fitzgerald Leave a Comment

Drummer. Frank Michael Toperzer born c. 1931 in Youngstown, Ohio; died October 12, 2003 in Olney, Maryland.

Earned a bachelor’s degree from Boston University. Toperzer taught in the public schools in Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland (1954-1964) and formed a big band of local public school music teachers.

From 1962 to 1996, Toperzer owned Drums Unlimited, a music store in Bethesda, Maryland.

He co-led a big band with trumpeter George Horan and in the late 1970s was a member of the Swingworks big band.


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Nuttycombe, Dave. “Bang the Drum Profitably.” Washington City Paper, September 23, 1994.
Scanlan, Tom. “Caught in the Act: Frank Toperzer.” Down Beat, March 30, 1961.
Unicorn Times. “Louis Bellson/Horan Toperzer Big Band,” May 1975.

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